For me......
Grenoble: The awesome fans, the bam-bams, the noise and the friends made along the way. Watching my team play in Europe for the 1st time was awesome,
Challenge cup semi-final. Walking out with you the fans and doing the conga. The atmosphere at that game was just immense.
Challenge cup final. Both legs! Especially the final, seeing the balloons come down and singing championies with about 20 people I didn't even know! That's what hockey is all about....The bus ride home with the team was fun too!
Big one for me though was the league win at home. To win the league in front of the biggest crowd we've ever had was one of the best moments of my life. There are many pictures of me blubbing like a baby on the bench at the end!
The Play-off weekend and the spectacle the league put on. So much work went into that and watching it on Sky afterwards was amazing. Obviously seeing the goal go in the back of the net as well!
Finally....seeing so many people enjoy the end of season do. That night takes a lot of work and watching the slideshow with the players was incredible. There was plenty of emotion that night that's for sure!
Mostly though, it was watching the fans enjoy the season and the matchnights. Watching the audio team make matchnights what it is today and listening to the fans when the rink is full. Our fans are fantastic and I don't care what people say about you. The so-called classless one's we apparently have will be found eventually and kicked out on their ear to leave the rest of you to create the amazing atmospheres you manage week in week out.
Superb post. And it holds the memories for us all of why we come back each Sunday and travel all over the place each Saturday (And other days).
Even when the results don't go our way.
Even when we are looking up the standing at others instead of our customary position atop the ratings.
Even though others may deride us for our faith both inside and outside the game
Even when players that we have cheered for have gone elsewhere, and thus create the chance for new heroes
We're there always because we bleed Blaze through and through.
You don't need Hi-tec photographic equipment to capture images
You don't have to outdo each other for who has the most replica tops or merchandise
It doesn't matter which block is the loudest
Me, You, He, She, They, We Are all Blaze through and through
From the Rob Eleys via the Michael Taskers to the Neal Martins and beyond. Even god forbid life after Thommo there will be part of the world that is forever ours- forever Blaze
Whether you go on a life changing journey to the other side of the world, or even have to move away that makes not being a live part of the experience possible.
It doesn't matter- forever Blaze
Pictures can get lost, autographs can fade, shirts can get out worn.....
Everyone who passes through this thread on this forum are mostly here because of the same connection that a minority sport in this country can grab so many people in little over a half a decade that they will defend to the ends of time their choice, Many of us are good and great friends these days purely because of that connection
But memories are forever and can never be taken away
Memories are forever. Our Blaze memories are forever more
**Steps down from preachers box**
